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Recent Examples of stranglehold
Can either team end the Kansas City Chiefs' stranglehold on the AFC?
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The Tribune wrote about The Austin Voice in 1991 after the newspaper took on a notorious street gang that had a stranglehold on the community for years, according to Tribune archives.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Bertha’s old rival, Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), has finally been forced to loosen her stranglehold on the monied elite.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Tariffs are ‘paralyzing’ employers High uncertainty over Trump’s economic policies — specifically a volatile trade policy and shifting tariff rates — have been blamed for putting a stranglehold on employers’ growth plans.
—Cnn.com, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
The Tribune wrote about The Austin Voice in 1991 after the newspaper took on a notorious street gang that had a stranglehold on the community for years, according to Tribune archives.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
Bertha’s old rival, Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), has finally been forced to loosen her stranglehold on the monied elite.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
Tariffs are ‘paralyzing’ employers High uncertainty over Trump’s economic policies — specifically a volatile trade policy and shifting tariff rates — have been blamed for putting a stranglehold on employers’ growth plans.
—Cnn.com, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stranglehold
Noun
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Expect everything from marine iguanas and sea lions to rare birdlife: the flightless cormorant, Galápagos penguin, waved albatross, red-footed booby and the magnificent frigatebird.—
Rachel Ingram,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The walls have been collapsing for several years, and signing Kris Bryant to a seven-year, $182 million albatross of a contract was the wrecking ball.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Could Gladys be free of this ducal millstone around her neck?—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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But this also turned out to be a millstone around the agency’s neck.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Are there any disadvantages to redshirting?—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Across the country, girls and women are once again being asked to overcome structural disadvantages that Title IX was designed to eliminate.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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EconomyFortune 500 Experts say Trump’s $100,000 fee for a talent visa is a handicap on the tech industry.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
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Basque producers hope for a similar breakthrough, positioning their language not as a handicap but as a marker of distinction.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another drawback of any carbonated beverage is its potential effect on digestion.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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There are inherent drawbacks here.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What are the downsides of cash-back cards?—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Not a downside exactly, just choose your styling battles wisely based on your hair goals.—
Noel Cymone Walker,
StyleCaster,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Legitimate collectors use checks, debit or bank payments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to get more people using direct deposit, payments onto debit and credit cards, digital wallets, and other electronic payment options for receiving their federal income tax refunds and benefits.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Everything about me—my careful disclaimers, my refusal to claim desire, my constant return to limits and boundaries—is an inoculation against liability.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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There is no right to censor open forum comments — if a speaker says things that expose them to liability, that is not the board’s responsibility.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Stranglehold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stranglehold. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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